The singer and his friend who had suffered injuries after being attacked on Friday last week have been given police protection owing to death threats. They have been safely escorted to an undisclosed location. Parmish was heading home from Chandigarh's Elante Mall in his Toyota Fortuner SUV with a friend on that ill-fated night.

Punjab Police is investigating two gangsters who claimed responsibility for the attack.

According to the police, a white Hyundai Creta car followed Parmish's car from Chandigarh. It stopped in front of his car near Sector 74 of Mohali and fired shots at him.

After attacking Verma and his friend the assailants managed to speed away from the spot. The singer then called up a senior police officer of Mohali district for help.

Parmish recently made headlines after he was roped in to play the lead role in the Punjabi remake of Hindi blockbuster filmSingham starring Ajay Devgn.
Ajay took to Twitter on April 2 to announce the news.